La Salle is accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Florence Horner from her Camden, N.J., home two years ago and forcing her to submit to sexual relations while . And Sally and La Salle went to Atlantic City and from there, commenced a 21-month cross-country nightmare that took her from Atlantic City to Baltimore to Dallas and, eventually, to San Jose . Horner lived with La Salle as his captive for two years . For two years, La Salle and Horner traveled around the country, living in trailer parks and low-rent apartments from Baltimore to San . Nabokov has vehemently denied any connection between his defining work and that of the horrific case of Horner who was subjected to almost two years of mental, emotional and sexual abuse. Bail was fixed at $10,000. Weinman also recounts the story of journalist Peter Welding's 1963 article in the men's magazine Nugget. . Inscribed by Rene De La Salle. Sarah Weinman's The Real Lolita offers a compelling argument that Nabokov's 1955 novel had its roots in the 1948 abduction of 11-year-old Sally Horner despite the author's claim to the contrary. Frank La Salla Senior Executive Vice President, Global CEO of Issuer Services, Group Executive Committee Member New York City Metropolitan Area 500+ connections The book centers on one such account, that of Sally Horner, a lonely eleven-year-old girl from suburban New Jersey who, in 1948, was abducted by a middle-aged convicted rapist who called himself Frank La Salle. La Salle - who insisted in court that Sally was his daughter - died in prison. She spent nearly two years as his captive, living in. . Loder was an FBI agent who was contacted by Lex Luthor originally to help him get the charges dropped against him for the murders committed by Adam Knight at Metron Pharmaceuticals. is a matter of aesthetics." At first glance, the early-90s love affair between a teenager and a middle-aged man that briefly redefined the Long Island landscape has very few similarities with Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" especially because Lolita was much younger.Yet, the 17-year-old at the center of the crime of passion, Amy Fisher, was given the title of "Long Island Lolita" by the media. T. Greenwood's depiction of the real-life kidnapping and molestation of eleven-year-old Sally Horner in 1948 is as disturbing as you might expect. Months later, in June 1948, the man, whose current alias was Frank La Salle, intercepted Sally on her . Set in the '40's, Frank La Salle, newly released from prison for child molesting, eyes 11 year old Sally Horner stealing a cheap composition book - a book she has stolen to pass "initiation" into the the most popular group of girls at school. On April 3, 1950, he pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced to 41 years in prison.. . $27.99. La Salle was arrested and charged under the Mann Act of 1910; a law against human trafficking. Sometimes, the truth is even worse than fiction. In Camden, New Jersey, in 1948, 11-year-old Florence Sally Horner was approached by a man named Frank La Salle, who told her he worked for the FBI. After spotting Horner steal a five-cent notebook on a dare, La Salle passed himself off as an FBI agent . The next day, La Salle was charged with violating the Mann Act2 for transporting a female along state lines with the intent of corrupting her morals. Limted Edition No 20 of 200 copies. The first mystery: to discover the real girl behind a half-forgotten news story, the kidnapping in 1948 of eleven-year-old Sally Horner by fifty-year-old pedophile Frank La Salle and their subsequent twenty-one month odyssey from Camden, New Jersey to San Jose, California. 5 Shawn Hornbeck Captivity: 4 years and three months That's why we recommend a recent piece over at Hazlitt investigating the 1948 abduction of Sally Horner, a New Jersey fifth-grader whose kidnapping at the hands of Frank La Salle, along with the trip Horner made across the country to California with her captor, bear striking . . Frank La Salle, Sally's kidnapper and rapist. Frank La Salle, Sally's kidnapper and rapist. . 1.5x. Referring to Lolita by the nickname Dolly, Humbert asks himself, had I done to Dolly, perhaps, what Frank La Salle, a 50-year-old mechanic, had done to 11-year-old Sally Horner in 1948? That quick aside, Weinman says, suggestively references a horrific real-life kidnapping ordeal. Because waiting for her was a man named Frank La Salle, and a sick crime that would steal Sally's childhood and inspire one of the great novels of the 20th century. The person was Frank La Salle, a 50-something drifter who had just gotten out of jail for the statutory rape of five girls. Sheriff Howard Hornbuckle said the girl told him La Salle compelled her to leave Camden on June 15, 1948.The first week they were together, the sheriff said he was told, La Salle and the girl had sexual relations, and these relations continued until three weeks ago when a school chum in Dallas, Texas told Sally that what she was doing was wrong. Soon she was boarding a bus with Frank La Salle - a serial rapist who had been in prison six months previously for the rapes of six young girls. Photo Credit: Warner Bros. La Salle cornered her and said he would let her off . Camden, NJ, 1948. Last September saw the publication of Sarah Weinman's nonfiction book, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World. In March 1948, on a classmate's dare, 10-year-old Sally Horner strolled into a Camden, New Jersey, Woolworth's to shoplift a 5-cent notebook. Camden County Prosecutor referred to La Salle as a "moral leper". The prison term was 30 to 35 years. La Salle was arrested and charged under the Mann Act of 1910; a law against human trafficking. Several years ago, I stumbled upon what happened to Sally Horner, the 11-year-old girl whose kidnapping helped inspire Vladimir Nabokov's classic and infamous 1955 novel Lolita . The true-crime book details the real-life kidnapping and molestation case that partly inspired Nabokov's best-selling novel. This dark and very tragic story inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write one of the most famous literature novels of all times: Lolita (1955) Several years ago, I stumbled upon what happened to Sally Horner, the 11-year-old girl whose kidnapping helped inspire Vladimir Nabokov's classic and infamous 1955 novel Lolita . 'The Real Lolita,' kidnapping victim Sally Horner, was held in a West Dallas trailer park - Oak Cliff "The Real Lolita" explores the story of Sally Horner, the 11-year-old who was kidnapped in 1948 and held captive by her rapist, Frank La Salle. He held her captive for 21 months until she managed to escape and call her family. La Salle is accused of kidnapping 12-year-old Florence Horner from her Camden, N.J., home two years ago and forcing her to submit to sexual relations while . While that was happening, the photo of Horner circulated around Camden, and La Salle was indicted, in absentia, for kidnapping. And Sally's real-life kidnapping was much worse than the fictional version. La Salle posed as an FBI agent in order to intimidate the young girl into complying. La Salle protested he was Florence's father but New Jersey authorities said the girl's father had been dead for seven years. Aujourd'hui, Sally a disparu de la mmoire collective, simplement oblitre par les soixante millions d'exemplaires de Lolita . Amazon. He told her he was an FBI agent, and Horner, just a child, believed him. Adrienne Celt. by Sarah Weinman. Tragically, Sally died in a car crash, aged just fifteen, in August 1952. . The Real Lolita The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World By Sarah Weinman HarperCollins. Sarah Weinman later authored the book The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World in which she covered the real-life story of the girl who was the inspiration behind Lolita.Sarah shared in a radio interview with Michael Enright on CBC One, that Sally was an 11-year-old lonely girl who wanted to become friends with a group of girls, and for that, she . Frank LaSalle a convicted rapist and kidnapper preyed on the innocence of Sally, convincing . La Salle was extradited to New Jersey. . S ally Horner was 11 years old when she was caught stealing a notebook from a corner store in her hometown of Camden, New Jersey, by a man named Frank La Salle, who claimed to be an FBI agent. . Kidnapper held on Federal Charge; Girl Tells Story, Girl, 13, Held After Travels With Man, 52, Girl Accuses Man of Ruse. Reviewed by Chris Patsilelis. It is possible that Vladimir Nabo (New Jersey State Archives) LOA: As you indicate, for years after the publication of Lolita both Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Vera took pains to disavow any real-life inspiration for his work. He had just been released from prison for raping. 2.0x. The girl had to provide a statement to the contrary. Hardcover $27.99. 1.2x. perhaps, what Frank La Salle, a fifty-year-old mechanic, had done . In the. The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World by . In 1948, an 11-year-old girl named Sally Horner was kidnapped by a convicted rapist named Frank La Salle. La Salle said that Sally could avoid being sent to a reform school (or worse) only by staying in his good graces, a threat which turned . Frank La Salle, the kidnapper and pedophile who abducted 11-year-old Sally Horner in 1948, was a serial rapist who preyed on young girls, adopting new identities, pseudonyms and residences with the. That phony FBI agent, in reality one Frank . Frank La Salle, a 50-year-old mechanic, caught her stealing, told her that he was an FBI agent, and threatened to have her sent to a reform school unless she reported to him periodically. The girl had to provide a statement to the contrary. 2.0x. Mug shot of Frank La Salle taken upon the start of his prison sentence for the statutory rape of five girls in 1943. When 11 year-old Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she has no way of knowing that 52 year-old Frank La Salle, fresh out of prison, is watching her . March 1948. By 1950, which was around when Nabokov buckled down to Lolita in earnest, La Salle was in prison for kidnapping. The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World. Humbert was obviously referring to the horrific 1948 kidnapping and rape case of 11-year-old Sally Horner by Frank La Salle. Camden, New Jersey. 1.5x. Throughout the next chapters, the book traces the harrowing two years that Sally Horner spends as a captive to Frank LaSalle, forever altering not only her life, but the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way. Sally vanished from her Camden home in 1948 and wasn't heard from again until 1950 when she told a harrowing story of spending 21 months as the cross-country slave of Frank LaSalle, 52. Her captor, Frank La Salle moves her from rooming house to dive to trailer park . Sometimes, the truth is even worse than fiction. The man was Frank La Salle, a predator who'd already served more than two years of jail time for the statutory rape of five adolescent girls. In March 1948, 10-year-old Horner attempted to steal a five-cent notebook from a Woolworths in Camden, New Jersey. . Dans l'ombre de Dolors, l'hrone de Nabokov, Sally . Sally Horner is a triple victim: snatched from her ordinary life by Frank La Salle, only for her life to be cut short by car accident, and then strip-mined to . . He argued that the story of 11-year-old Sally Horner's abduction in 1948 by mechanic Frank La Salle, who claimed for 12 months that she was his daughter, paralleled the Lolita story "much too closely to be coincidental." Originally published on Sept. 9, 2018. The story is revealed in third-person through the point-of-view characters closest to Sally and by Sally herself.